Persistence of the pupillary membrane (PPM) is a congenital pathology characterized by the persistence of Tunica vasculosa lentis anterior, which normally resolves during the third trimester by the apoptotic phenomena. We report the case of a girl referred for an esotropia, at th...
Introduction: Myiasis is the infestation of dipterous larva (maggots) in humans and other vertebrate animals. Presence of maggots in other body parts is common, but on covered parts like external genitalia is very rare [1]. We here by describe a case of young unmarried female who...
Introduction: Penetrating Abdominal Trauma is less common than Blunt Abdominal Trauma in India. The clinical appearance of bile duct injuries is highly variable and depends primarily on the underlying cause. Case: We present a case of a stab injury ie penetrating abdominal injury...
Abdelillah El Bakouri, El Batloussi Yousra, Azhary Fadwa, Mounir Bouali, Fatimazahra Bensardi, Khalid El Hattabi & Abdelaziz Fadil·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2021
Foreign body ingestion (FBI) is a serious event that can be life-threatening or lead to significant sequelae. We report the observation of a 40-year-old patient, , who presented to the emergency room with chest pain, intermittent cough and exertional dyspnea, 4 hours after accide...
Laparoscopic surgeries are known to have their own set of complications. We report the case of a middle-aged lady who developed ascites of unknown origin, immediately, following laparoscopic cholecystectomy and hysterectomy. Though most cases are attributed to unidentified bowel,...
Aorto-oesophageal fistula is a considerably rare but potentially fatal cause for upper gastro-intestinal bleeding. Mortality is high due to delayed diagnosis, delayed treatment due to limited facilities at the first contact health care centres and the possibility of re-bleeding e...
Oussama Lafkih, Zineb Abbad El Andaloussi, Hind Arbouni, Abdellatif Siwane, Houria Tabakh, Najwa Touil, Omar Kacimi & Nabil Chikhaoui·Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery·2021
Bladder hernia is relatively rare (1 -4%), the diagnosis is often intra-operative. However, the Retrograde Cystography, the Excretory Urography, and the CT scan have proved their efficiency in diagnosis. We report the case of a 70-year-old patient with urogenital tuberculosis who...
Tolosa Hunt Syndrome is a painful ophthalmoplegia with periorbital or hemi cranial pain plus ipsilateral oculomotor nerve palsy with or without oculo-sympathetic paralysis. Many causes can lead to painful ophthalmoplegia like inflammatory, infective, neoplastic, vascular, etc. Va...
Introduction: Elective repair of epigastric hernia is a frequent minor surgical procedure. In most cases the hernial content is pre-peritoneal fat. Presentation of case: We report a case of a patient with epigastric hernia containing part of stomach and duodenum presenting as gas...
Hydatid cyst (HC) is a major health problem in endemic countries. Primary pancreatic hydatid disease (PHC) is exceedingly rare entity which may mimic other, more commonly encountered cystic neoplasms of pancreas. We report the case of a 55-year-old female who presented with abdom...